New York African Film Festival 2020: Marwa Zein in conversation

 New York African Film Festival 2020 

in conversation with Marwa Zein Marwa Zein and Sarra Idris

Marwa talks about her film Khartoum Offside (2019) with Sarra Idris, also a filmmaker from Sudan. The film screening and the conversation are part of the New York African Film Festival's Streaming Rivers: The Past into the Present 2020 virtual edition.

Follow link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AhDPog2uoc

 

 

Festival Films Femmes Afrique 2020 - Marwa Zein : Khartoum Offside

Films Femmes Afrique

Marwa Zein

Khartoum Offside

Sudan - 2019 - 75 min - Documentary

Longs-métrages en compétition |

Feature films in competition

Synopsis

Venant des banlieues de Khartoum sous un régime politique Islamique et un gouvernement militaire, la vie peut être difficile à vivre et les rêves un peu au-dessus de nos moyens. 

Devrions-nous abandonner ? Est-il possible pour des jeunes femmes au Soudan de faire face à l'oppression grâce au football ? 

Coming from the outskirts of Khartoum under an Islamic political regime and a military government, life can be difficult to live and dreams a little beyond our means.

Should we give up? Is it possible for young women in Sudan to confront oppression through soccer?

Biographie | Biography

Marwa Zein est une réalisatrice-productrice soudanaise et égyptienne primée pour ses courts métrages de fiction acclamés Un jeu et Une semaine, deux jours. Khartoum Offside, son premier long métrage documentaire, est un film primé au FCAT 2019. Le film a été présenté avec succès en première mondiale au Berlinale Forum 2019 et depuis lors, le film est officiellement sélectionné en compétition dans les prestigieux festivals internationaux tels que : Visions du réel, Hot Docs, CPH DOX et Sheffield 2019. CPH DOX l'a invitée à faire partie du jury NETX: WAVE 2019. Marwa a fondé ORE Productions basé à Khartoum, au Soudan.

Sudanese-Egyptian director-producer Marwa Zein has received awards for her acclaimed short fiction films A Game and A Week, Two Days. Khartoum Offside, her first feature documentary, received an prize at FCAT 2019. The film was successfully presented as a world premiere at the Berlinale Forum 2019 and since then, it has been part of the official selection in competition at prestigious international festivals such as: Visions du réel, Hot Docs, CPH DOX and Sheffield 2019. CPH DOX invited her to be part of the NETX: WAVE 2019 jury. Marwa founded ORE Productions based in Khartoum, Sudan.

KHARTOUM OFFSIDE 'Official Trailer' from Marwa Zein on Vimeo.

PALMARES | AWARDS : JCC 2019 - Les journées cinématographiques de Carthage | Carthage Film Festival

PALMARES | AWARDS

JCC 2019

Les journées cinématographiques de Carthage

Carthage Film Festival

LONG METRAGE | FEATURE FICTION

Tanit d'or | Golden Tanit

Noura rêve. Hinde Boujemaa - Tunisie | Tunisia (2019)

Tanit d'argent | Silver Tanit

Atlantique. Mati Diop - Sénégal (2019)

Tanit de bronze | Bronze Tanit

Scales. Shahad Ameen Arabie Saoudite | Saudia Arabia (2019)

Meilleur scénario | Best Scenario

You will die at twenty. Amjad Abu Alala - Soudan | Sudan (2019)

Meilleure comedien | Best male performance : 

Abou Leila. Amin Sidi-Boumediene - Algérie | Algeria (2019)

Meilleure comedienne | Best female performance : Hend Sabri

Noura rêve. Hinde Boujemaa - Tunisie | Tunisia (2019)

Meilleure musique | Best Music

Atlantique. Mati Diop - Sénégal (2019)

Meilleure image | Best Cinematography

Adam. Mariam Touzani - Maroc | Morocco (2019)

Meilleur montage | Best Editing

Adam. Mariam Touzani - Maroc | Morocco (2019)

SHORT FICTION FILMS | COURTS MÉTRAGES

Tanit d'or | Golden Tanit

True Story. Amine Lakhnech - Tunisia | Tunisie (2019)

Tanit d'argent | Silver Tanit

Charter. Sabry Bouzid - Tunisia | Tunisie (2019)

Tanit de bronze | Bronze Tanit

Mthunzi. Tebogo Malebogo - South Africa | Afrique du Sud (2019)

FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES | LONGS MÉTRAGES DOCUMENTAIRES 

Tanit d'or | Golden Tanit

Talking about trees. Suhaib Gasmelbari - Soudan | Sudan (2019)

Tanit d'argent | Silver Tanit

For Sama. Waad Al-Kateab - Syrie | Syria (2019)

Tanit de bronze | Bronze Tanit

A haunted past. Fatma Riahi - Tunisie | Tunisia (2019)

Mention speciále | Special mention

Pas d’or pour Kalsaka. K Michel Zongo - Burkina Faso (2019)

SHORT DOCUMENTARIES | DOCUMENTAIRES COURTS MÉTRAGES 

Tanit d'or | Golden Tanit

All come from dust. Younes Ben Slimane – Tunisia | Tunisie (2018)

Tanit d'argent | Silver Tanit

Pacific. Angie Obeid - Lebanon | Liban (2019)

Tanit de bronze | Bronze Tanit

5 étoiles. Mame Woury Thioubou - Senegal (2019)

PRIX PREMIÈRE OEUVRE | FIRST FILM AWARD

Prix | Award TV5 Monde

You will die at twenty. Amjad Abu Alala - Soudan | Sudan (2019)

Taher Cheriaa Award

Khartoum Offside. Marwa Zein - Soudan | Sudan (2019)

Mention speciále du Jury | Special mention Jury

Un fils. Mehdi M. Barsaoui - Tunisie | Tunisia (2019)

Prix du public | Audience Award

Entre deux frères. Joud Jawdat Said - Syrie | Syria (2019)

LAUREATS PRIX PARALLÈLE | PARALLEL SECTION AWARDS

UGTT : Prix du premier assistant à la réalisation | First Assistant Director Award

à/to Sawssen Jemni. Noura rêve de/by Hinde Boujemaa - Tunisie | Tunisia (2019)

FACC : Prix de la FACC | FACC Award

Adam. Mariam Touzani - Maroc | Morocco (2019)

FIPSCI : Prix du FIPSCI | FIPSCI Award

You will die at twenty. Amjad Abu Alala - Soudan | Sudan (2019)

Le prix | Award Cinephilia

Chebba. Yasmine BenAbdallah. Maroc | Morocco (2019)

LES PRIX | AWARDS : CARTHAGE CINÉ-PROMESSE 2019

Prix carthage ciné-promesse: Le dernier voyage. Latefa Ahrrare - Maroc | Morocco

Prix ciné-promesse : Prix Hakka distribution Le dernier voyage. Latefa Ahrrare - Maroc | Morocco

Prix ciné-promesse : Mention Spéciale | Special mention

TF2011. Nour El Hayet Ben Abdallah - Tunisie - Maroc 

Marwa Zein Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum (Khartoum Offside) Afrika Film Festival Köln 2019

Marwa Zein 

Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum (Khartoum Offside)

Afrika Film Festival Köln 2019 

Marwa Zein (Sudan-Germany)

Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum (Khartoum Offside), 2019, 75 min.

http://afrikafilmfestivalkoeln.de/programm-2019/oufsaiyed-elkhortoum/ 

DESCRIPTION

English

On the outskirts of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, Sara and her sporty friends dream of one day founding a national football team and taking part in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. But there is no state support for women’s football in Sudan and football doesn’t fit the Muslim society’s traditional image of a woman. For some it is even considered an “immoral act”, which under Sharia law is punishable by lashes. The women still message each other to meet up for training, and show off their skills – both with and without their headscarves.

In the footballers’ courageous struggle for self-determination one can already see the revolutionary passion that, shortly after shooting had been wrapped up, led to the toppling of Omar al-Bashir’s decades-old dictatorship, with women also playing a very prominent role. 

Français

A la périphérie de Khartoum, la capitale soudanaise, Sara et une partie de ses amies sont passionnées de sport. Elles rêvent de fonder une équipe nationale de football et de participer à la Coupe du Monde féminine de la FIFA. Mais au Soudan, le football féminin ne bénéficie d’aucune aide de l’Etat et dans une société régit par l’islam, le foot ne fait pas bon ménage avec l’image traditionnelle de la femme. Pour certains, il est même associé à un « comportement immoral » qui, selon la charia, doit être puni par des coups de fouet. Qu’à cela ne tienne ! Les jeunes filles se donnent rendez-vous aussi souvent que possible par téléphone et se retrouvent pour s’entraîner et dribbler habilement avec le ballon, avec ou sans voile. Dans le combat courageux que mènent ces joueuses de football pour l’autodétermination, on sent déjà la passion révolutionnaire qui a conduit, peu de temps après la fin du tournage, au renversement d’Omar el-Béchir, après des décennies de dictature. Dans cette révolution aussi, les femmes ont joué un rôle central.

BIO: MARWA ZEIN

English

Sudanese filmmaker and scriptwriter Marwa Zein was born in Saudi Arabia and lived in Cairo, Egypt. After studying chemical engineering for three years, she decided to pursue her passion for film at the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo, graduating with an honorable mention in 2009.

From 2009 to 2014, Marwa Zein has honed her filmmaking skills at diverse talent campuses, master classes and film workshops: Berlin Talent Campus, Durban Talent Campus, film workshops conducted by Haile Gerima at the Luxor African Film Festival and the Silver Docs AFI Documentary workshop, and international master classes with Tom Tykwer, Jihan El Tahri, Threes Ann and Darine Hotait.

Her film Layl, developed at the Cinephilia Screenwriting Lab for Shorts, received an honorable mention in 2014. Her short film A Game was selected at the 2010 Cannes Short film Corner and has won awards at many festivals including: Sao Paolo International Short Film Festival, Michigan Short Film Festival, Avignon International Short Film Festival, Qartaj Short Film Festival, Ismailia International Short Film Festival.

Français

Marwa Zein est née à la Mecque, en Arabie-Saoudite. Elle a vécu et fait ses études au Caire, la capitale égyptienne et réside aujourd’hui en Allemagne. Elle est réalisatrice et fondatrice de la société de production soudanaise ORE Productions à Khartoum. Ses courts-métrages A Game et One Week, Two Days ont été primés dans plus d’une vingtaine de festivals de cinéma. Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum (Khartoum Offside), un documentaire sur des footballeuses au Soudan est son premier long-métrage. Il a été sélectionné dans la catégorie Forum de la Berlinale 2019 et elle vient le présenter personnellement Festival du film africain de Cologne cette année. (Source: http://www.filme-aus-afrika.de/FR/base-de-donnees-sur-les-films/personnes/personen-details/w/4073/)

IMAGES: https://marwazein.com/

Women at the | Frauen beim | Les Femmes au : Afrika Film Festival Köln - 19. -29 September 2019

Women at the | Frauen beim | Les Femmes au Afrika Film Festival Köln

19. -29 September 2019

Fokus:

Fundamentalismus & Migration

Fundamentalism and Migration

Fundamentalisme et Migration

http://afrikafilmfestivalkoeln.de/fr/programme-2019/  

Hawa Essuman (Kenya), 2019 Festival patron:

There’s a rediscovery of heritage on the continent and with that comes a shift in the relationship with Africa and Europe although not in a way that either side considered. Navigating this new space is delicate. A lot of thought is being given to what this looks like and what the ramifications are when put in the perspective of the shared histories that were never balanced. Is it now, despite the verbal will?

Fatima Sissani (Tunisia) : Cinema that reflects political history

Gastbeitrag | Guest Contribution | Contribution d’invitée 

Fibby Kioria (Uganda/Kenya)

Short film selection and discussion

FILM SELECTION

Dhalinyaro, 2018, 85 min.

Lula Ali Ismaïl (Djibouti-Canada)
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/lula-ali-ismail-dhalinyaro-afrika-film.html

Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum (Khartoum Offside), 2019, 75 min.

Marwa Zein (Sudan-Germany)
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/marwa-zein-oufsaiyed-elkhortoum.html

Sofia, 2018, 86 min,

Meryem Benm’Barek-Aloïsis (Morocco)
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/meryem-benmbarek-aloisis-sofia-afrika.html

Fig Tree, 2018, 93 min.

Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian (Israel-Ethiopia)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/aalam-warqe-davidian-fig-tree-afrika.html

Freedom Fields, 2018, 99 min.

Naziha Arebi (UK-Libya)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/naziha-arebi-freedom-fields-afrika-film.html

Entre eu e Deus (Between God and I), 2018, 60 min.

Yara Costa (Mozambique-Portugal)
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/yara-costa-entre-eu-e-deus-between-god.html

Les pastèques du Cheikh, 2018, 23 min.

Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia-France)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/kaouther-ben-hania-les-pasteques-du.html

AFRICAN SHORTS

Brotherhood, 2018, 25 min.

Meryam Joobeur (Tunisia-USA-Canada)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/meryam-joobeur-brotherhood-afrika-film.html

Family in Exile, 2018, 15 min.

Fatima Matousse (Morocco)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/fatima-matousse-family-in-exile-afrika.html

Un air de kora, 2018, 23 min.

Angèle Diabang (Senegal)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/angele-diabang-un-air-de-kora-afrika.html

Black Mamba, 2017, 20 min.

Amel Guellaty (Tunisia)
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/09/amel-guellaty-black-mamba-afrika-film.html

Cannes 2019 : African Women at Cannes | La présence africaine au féminin

Cannes 2019 :
African Women at Cannes
La présence africaine au féminin

Mati Diop receives/reçoit le Grand Prix : ATLANTIQUE

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannes-2019-mati-diop-receivesrecoit-le.html

JURYS

Jury Longs-metrages | Features

Maïmouna N’Diaye: Franco-guinéenne actrice et réalisatrice | French-Guinean actress and filmmaker

https://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/festival/artiste/maimouna-n-diaye

Jury Caméra d'Or

Alice Diop: Franco-sénégalaise réalisatrice |

Franco-Senegalese filmmaker

https://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/festival/artiste/alice-diop

Semaine de la critique

Djia Mambu: Belgo-congolaise journaliste et critic du cinéma | Belgian-Congolese journalist at film critic https://www.semainedelacritique.com/fr/jury

SELECTION OFFICIELLE | OFFICIAL SELECTION

Competition Longs-métrages | Features

Mati Diop (France|Senegal) Atlantique, 2019. 104 min.

https://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/festival/films/atlantique

Un certain regard

Mounia Meddour (Algérie|Algeria) Papicha, 2019. 106 min.

https://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/festival/films/papicha

Monia Chokri (Canada-Tunisia) La Femme de mon frère, 2019. 117 min

https://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/festival/films/la-femme-de-mon-frere 

Maryam Touzani (Maroc|Morocco) Adam, 2019. 98 min.

https://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/festival/films/adam-1

SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE

Competition - Shorts | Courts métrages 

Nada Riyadh (Egypte) Fakh, 2019. 20 min.

https://www.semainedelacritique.com/fr/edition/2019/film/fakh

Comité de séléction | Selection Committee :

Clémentine Dramani-Issifou : Franco-Beninoise chercheuse et curatrice indépendante de films | French-Beninese researcher and independent film curator ) https://www.semainedelacritique.com/fr/comite-de-selection

Séance Spéciale - Longs métrages | Features

Hafsia Herzi (Tunisia-Algeria-France) Tu mérites un amour (You Deserve a Lover), 2019. 102 min.

https://www.semainedelacritique.com/fr/edition/2019/film/tu-merites-un-amour

LES CINEMAS DU MONDE: LA FABRIQUE

Kantarama Gahigiri is a Rwandan-Swiss filmmaker. Her first feature film Tapis Rouge has received awards worldwide, including TV5Monde Best Picture, followed by a theatrical release in France in May 2017. She is now developing Tanzanite, an Afrofuturistic thriller that takes place in colorful Nairobi, and she participated in Realness, an African screenwriters’ residency, with the film.

https://www.lescinemasdumonde.com/en/la-fabrique/2019/projet/tanzanite

QUINZAINE DES REALISATEURS | DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT

Comité de séléction | Selection Committee :

Claire Diao : Franco-Burkinabé journaliste et critic du cinéma | French-Burkinabé journalist and film critic

https://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/contact/

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IEFTA in partnership with the Marché du Film 

IEFTA en partenariat avec le Marché du film

Marwa Zein, Sudanese director-producer, is among the seven young filmmakers attending the festival | La cinéaste-productrice soudanaise fait partie des sept jeunes cinéastes assistants au festival.

IEFTA (International Emerging Film Talent Association) once again partners with the renowned Marché du Film at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival to offer seven young filmmakers the opportunity to attend the festival, participate in career-changing Industry Workshops, develop their projects, build their networks and raise their ambitions.

L’IEFTA (International Emerging Film Talent Association) s'associe à nouveau au célèbre Marché du Film lors du 72ème Festival de Cannes pour offrir à sept jeunes réalisateurs la possibilité de assister au festival, de participer à des ateliers de réorientation professionnel, de développer leurs projets, de  construire leurs réseaux et réaliser leurs ambitions.

http://www.marchedufilm.com/

https://www.iefta.org/seven-filmmakers-to-attend-cannes-2019/

LINKS FROM THE AFRICAN WOMEN IN CINEMA BLOG:

Cannes 2019: Mati Diop receives/reçoit le Grand Prix

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannes-2019-mati-diop-receivesrecoit-le.html

Cannes 2019: Maïmouna N'Diaye, member of the jury | membre du jury: interview/entretien by/par Falila Gbadamassi (AfriqueFrance Télévisions)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannes-2019-maimouna-ndiaye-member-of.html

Mati Diop: "It was very important for me to dedicate a film to this ghost generation" | "C'était très important pour moi de dédier un film à cette génération fantôme". Interview/Entretien by/par Falila Gbadamassi (Africine, Cannes 2019)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/mati-diop-it-was-very-important-for-me.html

"Papicha: Mounia Meddour in resistance mode" | "Papicha : Mounia Meddour en mode résistance" analysis/analyse by/par Falila Gbadamassi (Africine)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/papicha-mounia-meddour-in-resistance.html

Djia Mambu, journalist and film critic | journaliste et critique de cinéma (Cannes 2019)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/djia-mambu-journalist-and-film-critic.html

Cannes 2019: Maryam Touzani's "Adam" (Morocco)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannes-2019-maryam-touzanis-adam-morocco.html

Mati Diop’s "Atlantique" – In the foam of the "Atlantic” | Dans l'écume de l' "Atlantique" analysis/analyse by/par Falila Gbadamassi (Africine)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/mati-diops-atlantique-in-foam-of.html

Mati Diop : Atlantique (Cannes 2019)

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/mati-diop-atlantique.html

Cannes 2019 : African Women at Cannes | La présence africaine au féminin
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannes-2019-african-women-at-cannes-la.html

African Women in Cinema Blog Updates | Actualités - 12.04.2019 - News around the Internet | Les infos autour de l’Internet

African Women in Cinema Blog Updates | Actualités - 12.04.2019

News around the Internet | Les infos autour de l’Internet

CONTENTS | CONTENUS

Nadège Beausson-Diagne

Isabelle Boni-Claverie

Fatoumata Coulibaly

Wanuri Kahiu

Matamba Kombila

Bongi Ndaba

Zalika Souley

Rama Thiaw

Marwa Zein

Isabelle Boni-Claverie

The Black Experience in French Cinema: a film retrospective and a conference

http://as.nyu.edu/ifs/events/public/spring-2019/the-black-experience-in-french-cinema--a-film-retrospective-and-.html

Wanuri Kahiu

Director Wanuri Kahiu: 'The vilest comments have been from people I love' 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/12/kenyan-director-wanuri-kahiu-rafiki-lesbianism-african-art

Matamba Kombila

Matamba Kombila, a la decouverte d'une cinéaste gabonaise exceptionelle. 11 avril 2019. Gabon Celebrities.

https://gaboncelebrites.com/matamba-kombila-a-la-decouverte-dune-cineaste-gabonaise-exceptionnelle/

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Video Room: Akosua Adoma Owusu, exhibition as part of the the Histories of Women, Feminist Histories cycle at MASP in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

https://masp.org.br/en/exhibitions/video-room-akosua-adoma-owusu

Zalika Souley

Zalika Souley. 8 avril 2019. Nigercine

https://www.nigercine.gq/p/zalika-souley.html

Rama Thiaw

Rama Thiaw: La réalisatrice qui interroge les féminités africaines. cheekmagazine.fr

http://cheekmagazine.fr/culture/rama-thiaw-realisatrice-feminites-africaines/

Marwa Zein

Khartoum Offside: Festival de Cine Africano FCAT

https://www.fcat.es/peliculas/oufsaiyed-elkhortoum/

VIDEOS:

Nadège Beausson-Diagne - #mempaspeur

Cine Femmes& Cinema Le Mag

Extrait épisode 14 du 06 avril 2019 avec l'actrice Nadège Beausson-Diagne qui nous parle du mouvement #memepaspeur contre les violences faites aux femmes dans le milieu du cinéma.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0NWY0lLYEWMvRsviyJx5Kg

Fatoumata Coulibaly

L'après coup, la voix ds Maliennes ce soir le 9 avril a l'institut Culturel Français de Bamako. En présence de Fatoumata Coulibaly. 

https://vimeo.com/316777662

AC teaser fr from Taling Dialo on Vimeo.

Bongi Ndaba

Miracle by Bongi Ndaba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLm40iy4QI0

African Women in Cinema Blog Updates | Actualités - 29.03.2019 News around the Internet | Les infos autour de l’Internet

AFRICAN WOMEN IN CINEMA BLOG

Updates | Actualités - 29.03.2019

News around the Internet

Les infos autour de l’Internet

Content | Contenu:

Marwa Zein

Mouvement #Mêmepaspeur 

Le Festival Massimadi 

- Claudine Ndimbira

- Wanuri Kahiu

- Kis keya

- Susanne Serres

- Omayra Issa

Fatou Kandé Senghor 

Selma Bargach

Victoria Thomas

Amina Weira

Amina Abdoulaye Mamani

Enquête d'Afrique - L'Afrique au féminin

- Nadège Batou

- Siam Marley

Marwa Zein (Sudan)

Cineuropa.org Review: Khartoum Offside by Vladan Petkovic

https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/368041/

#Mêmepaspeur au Fespaco : et après ? par Cinewax Assoc 23 mar 2019

https://cinewax.org/blogs/media/memepaspeur-au-fespaco-et-apres

Le Festival Massimadi : festival des films et des arts LGBTQ+ afro - 11e édition

http://www.massimadi.ca/

She, 2015, Rwanda

Réalisé par Claudine Ndimbira

Présenté en version originale kinyarwanda avec sous-titres en anglais.

Durée : 12 min 14

Rafiki, 2018, Kenya

Réalisé par Wanuri Kahiu

Présenté en version originale en anglais et swahili, avec sous-titres en anglais.

Durée : 1 h 23

Panel

Rencontrez les réalisatrices Kis keya et Susanne Serres lors d’un panel animé par Omayra Issa.

Fatou Kandé Senghor 

TV5Monde Afrique

26 mars

La réalisatrice, photographe et productrice sénégalaise Fatou Kandé Senghor a bataillé pour se faire une place dans le monde très masculin du cinéma africain.

https://www.facebook.com/tv5mondeafrique/videos/fatou-kandé-senghor-africaine-cinéaste-et-militante/2540816952612333/

Selma Bargach parle de son film "Indigo" et de ses projets.  5 mar 2019. Source: Nadia Ouiddar - https://lematin.ma/express/2019/selma-bargach-parle-film-indigo-projets/311773.html

Victoria Thomas

Interview with Victoria Thomas, producer for British outfit Polkadot Factory and selected for the 2019 Emerging Producers programme. 5 Rarch 2019. Source: cineuropa.org - https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/368974/

Amina Weira: Interview. 2 mars 2019.

Source: Clapnoir - http://www.clapnoir.org/spip.php?article1217

Amina Abdoulaye Mamani

Une autre facette de la vie du poète et écrivain nigérien porté à l’écran par sa fille

27 fev 2019. Source: http://www.clapnoir.org/spip.php?article1209 

Enquête d'Afrique - L'Afrique au féminin : Nadège Batou et Siam Marley

Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum (Khartoum Offside) by Marwa Zein - Official World Premiere in Berlinale Forum 2019

Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum (Khartoum Offside)

by Marwa Zein

Official World Premiere in Berlinale Forum 2019

Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum (Khartoum Offside), 75 min. by Marwa Zein (Sudan / Norway / Denmark). Release date February 2019

Description

The feature documentary film tells a story that reveals Sudan's multi-layered depth; where social, political and economical situation affect even football.

“What if your country is going through political, economical and social challenges, can women  dream big?  What if they are playing football?”

Among the protagonists of Marwa Zein's documentary, Sara is the one depicted with a remarkable entrepreneurial mind. And the group of young sporty women she belongs to is very much in need of business models to make their dream come true: putting together a Sudanese team for the FIFA Women’s World Cup. But besides lack of finances, there are quite a lot of other obstacles to overcome. Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum explores this feminist universe on the outskirts of Sudan's capital, where jokes are cracked as versatile as the ball is kicked into the goal. The young women, with and without veil play football, take their smartphones to bed: they are bond by street smarts and staggering energy which have brought them together as a sports team that doubles up as a collective survival strategy. Demonstrating considerable intimacy with these women, Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum reveals their daily lives in a city full of contradictions, showing how family traditions, politics and religion dare to dictate their life plans. Marwa Zein’s debut is at once cinematic proof of the power of female friendship and a Sudanese filmmaker’s concerted effort to rectify stereotypical perceptions of her country. Source: berlinale 

Biography

Sudanese, Marwa Zein El Abdin Seed Ahmed Fadl Arbab, explorer and creator, was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. She lived and studied in Cairo, Egypt and now between Sudan and France.

After studying chemical engineering for 3 years at Cairo University, she decided to discontinue in order to pursue film directing at the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo. She graduated in 2009 with an honorable mention.

She has since worked as Assistant Director in Egypt / Lebanon with film directors such as Dawoud Abdelsayed , Hala Khalil, Khairy Beshara , Dr. Sherif Sabri and Shady El-Fakharany”.

“I believe that films are made to tell a story, give a feeling .. make you think or make you feel lost and maybe sometimes just to speak your confusion and dark sides ..”

Source: marwazein.com

Links

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Luxor African Film Festival 2017: One Week and Two Days | "Une semaine et deux jours" by/de Marwa Zein (Sudan)

Luxor African Film Festival 2017

One Week and Two Days

"Une semaine et deux jours"

by/de Marwa Zein (Sudan)

Women at the 6th Edition |

Les femmes à la 6e édition

SHORT FILM | COURT METRAGE

Synopsis: One Week and Two Days | "Une semaine et deux jours" (2016)

[English]

The relationship of a loving couple is challenged when they try to conceive a baby. Doubts emerge. In such a critical situation, both are required to make important decisions.

[Français]

La relation d'un couple aimant est éprouvée quand ils essaient de concevoir un enfant. Des doutes surgissent. Dans une situation aussi critique, les deux sont tenus de prendre des décisions importantes.

Image: marwazein.com

Sudanese Marwa Zein launches the Indiegogo crowdfunding for film project "One Week, Two Days"

Photo: Marwa Zein Website

Marwa Zein launches Indiegogo crowdfunding for the film project "One Week, Two Days"

For more information on the Indiegogo campaign and to make a contribution: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/one-week-two-days-short-film 

Marwa Zein had this to say to Beti Ellerson about the film project "One Week, Two Days". 

Relationships, people, fear, time. Is time against love? Our film is about love, time, sharing, communication and anxiety. A film that spans a nine-day period and what may happen to any couple during that time. A film about different points of view that are not discussed because it happens all the time. 

Love scenes are hard to make, and going through intimate details between a man and a woman is very difficult. And what is even more difficult is to find someone who is willing to finance it, especially when it's a short film. But it is not difficult to find people who are interested and willing to help us make the movie. We are proud that almost half of the crew are women. And we are happy that the other half are men: in order to oppress them! We are happy to work together on a film that could be about any couple anywhere in the world. 

About Marwa Zein

Sudanese filmmaker and scriptwriter Marwa Zein was born in Saudi Arabia and lived in Cairo, Egypt. After studying chemical engineering for three years, she decided to pursue her passion for film at the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo, graduating with an honorable mention in 2009.

From 2009 to 2014, Marwa Zein has honed her filmmaking skills at diverse talent campuses, master classes and film workshops: Berlin Talent Campus, Durban Talent Campus, film workshops conducted by Haile Gerima at the Luxor African Film Festival and the Silver Docs AFI Documentary workshop, and international master classes with Tom Tykwer, Jihan El Tahri, Threes Ann and Darine Hotait.

Her film Layl, developed at the Cinephilia Screenwriting Lab for Shorts, received an honorable mention in 2014. Her short film A Game was selected at the 2010 Cannes Short film Corner and has won awards at many festivals including: Sao Paolo International Short Film Festival, Michigan Short Film Festival, Avignon International Short Film Festival, Qartaj Short Film Festival, Ismailia International Short Film Festival.

ADAPTED FROM INDIEGOGO CROWDFUNDING DESCRIPTION

Nine days between a loving couple from the Middle East, where intimacy and relationships are hard to discuss in real life and in films.

In a sarcastic yet romantic way, the film relates very small though important details that happen between a woman and a man; which is something relatively new to the Arab short film industry.

As filmmakers we are bound by market requirements and rules, and as Arab artists we are always hounded by constant censorship that thwarts our imagination and redefines our words.

         We want to make films based on our own desires: that are true, free and our own!

One Week, Two Days - Crowd Funding Campaign from Marwa Zein on Vimeo.

Link:

Marwa Zein Website